Coin-wrapper



C. L. DOVWNEY.

COIN WRAPPER.

I APPLICATION FILEDVSEPT.25, I9I9. 1,379,751I Patented May 31, 19211..

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UNHTED STATES CLEMENT L. DOWNEY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COIN-WRAPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 19211.

Application filed September 25, 1919. Serial No. 326,112.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLEMENT L. DoWNEY, a citizen of the United States, and a. resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-VVrappers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to wrappers for coins of the type wherein there is an orifice or two orifices supplied in the wrapper through which numerals indicating the name of a coin and the total number of coins contained in the wrapper are displayed. I am aware that wrappers of this kind have been supplied in the past. The wrapper according to my present invention operates in approximately the same manner as those in the prior art, being arranged so that the size and thickness of the coin regulate the numeral on the wrapper which will appear in the orifice therein, and the total amount in dollars represented by the number of coins which can be placed side by side in the wrapper.

The difiiculty with the wrappersin the prior art is that they are used in dark places very often, where it is hard to see the numerals which appear in the wrapper orifice, and my present invention is addressed to providing against this difficulty, by employing a contrasting color as a border for the two openings in the wrapper particularly the color red, which I have found serves to bring out much more distinctly the exposed numerals printed on the wrapper which appear in said openings.

My object I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed. e

In the drawin Figure 1 is a pin view of the wrapper.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the wrapper in use, in the selected instance being employed for wrapping fifty cent pieces of United States coin.

I a certain number of each coin in a stack, be-

tween the edges thereof, and readily fold them over so as to tightly hold the coin in place. In order to facilitate the disposal of the exposed end of the wrapper, it is cut at a slant, as at 2.

Printed, preferably in black, so as to contrast best with the background of the uncolored or neutral colored wrapper, are the series of numerals, 3 referring to the denomination of coins, and the series a referring to the total value of coins of the denomination which are'inclosed in the wrapper.' As is apparent, these numerals are spaced away from the orifices, to be noted below, a sufli'cient depth to allow for the diameters of the coins called for thereby.

There are two orifices, the one 5 for the numeral column 3, and the one 6 for the numeral column 4. Above the orifices there may be printed the words This package contains, and between the two may be printed the word In. The value of these two notations on the face of the wrapper lpfiecomes apparent upon examination of Thave found that if I form a border 7 of some contrasting color to the black ofthe printed numerals, and the white or neutral color of the wrapper itself, that the eye more readily picks out the exposed numerals in a package made up of said wrapper, than if black were used for the border, or if the border were omitted.

The color which I prefer to employ is the color red, and the border 7 is shown as red in the drawing by the conventional draftsman ruling.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. A coin wrapper bearing numerals and having an orifice positioned to expose said numerals when the wrapper incloses a roll of coin, said orifice having a border of a color contrasting with the color of the wrapper and with that of the exposed numerals.

2. A coin wrapper bearing numerals and having an orifice positioned to expose said numerals when the wrapper incloses a roll of coin, said orifice having a border of a red color contrasting with the light color of the wrapper and with the dark color of the exposed numerals.

CLEMENT ll)v DOWNEY. 

